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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's trip to western Canada. Prints document landscapes and activities like fishing, horseback riding, and camping. Prints also include images of friends such as Ed Newberry, John M. Wilcox, Estelle M. Larson, and Frank, the…
- Date Range
- 1929
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / A / PA - 655 to 698
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / A : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / A / PA - 655 to 698
- Date Range
- 1929
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 43 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 43 b&w prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's trip to western Canada. Prints document landscapes and activities like fishing, horseback riding, and camping. Prints also include images of friends such as Ed Newberry, John M. Wilcox, Estelle M. Larson, and Frank, the Guide. Includes images of Many Glacier Hotel, Granite Park Chalet and Goat Haunt Mountain and Chalet in Glacier National Park.
- Subject Access
- Glacier National Park
- Friends
- Camping
- Fishing
- Horseback riding
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
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Letters to Mother [February - July 1935]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, wa…
- Date Range
- 1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 97
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1.7 cm of textual records (89 pages ; 21.5 x 27.8 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 67 letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from February 6 to July 30, 1935. Topics include travelling back to Banff from Montreal on the train, cleaning and household chores, the Winter Carnival, day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, watching hockey games and curling matches, weather, photography and cameras, events and people in Concord, going to Skoki to ski, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, the birth of Russ and Kitty's first child Gale in late February [Edith's first grandchild], watching ski races at Norquay, converting an outbuilding from a garage/one bedroom into a garage/darkroom, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], sketching/painting, discussions of operas Edith has seen, Pete going to Vancouver for a few days in mid-April to help his parents [Dave was advised to go to sea level by doctors to help with ailments he'd been having], wildlife, developing photos and print-making, various holidays [both Canadian and American], descriptions of meals and various recipes, yardwork and redoing the driveway, Catharine going to Concord for a month [mid-May to mid-June], construction of a new road to Norquay ski camp, Pete constructing a cover for the back of their truck to be used for camping, going to Calgary for the Stampede, Banff Indian Days, and camping trips around Lake Louise and Yoho National Park.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. Letters are mostly hand-written, some typed - typed letters often have hand-written post scripts. A few letters written on lodge/hotel letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil or red pencil crayon in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project. 97 - 16 contains a sketch of the garage outbuilding and the plans to convert half of it into a darkroom.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Robb, Gale (Guild)
- Caird, Jean
- Owen, Mildred
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Whyte, Dorothy
- Paris, Cyril
- Mather, Allan
- Strom, Erling
- Moore, Phil
- Moore, Pearl
- Carson, Bill
- Adaskin, Frances
- Adaskin, Murray
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, George, X
- Vaux, Henry, Jr.
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Ski Club
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Banff Winter Carnival
- Bears
- Birthday
- Books
- Businesses
- Calgary Stampede
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Curling
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Guides
- Home
- Hockey
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Leisure
- Literature
- Moose
- Mountain
- Mount Royal Hotel
- Norquay Ski Hill
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Post Office
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Ski jumping
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Emerald Lake
- Yoho National Park
- Assiniboine
- Alberta
- Vancouver
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Letters to Mother [April - November 1935]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers tri…
- Date Range
- 1935
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- GMD
- Private record
1 image
1 Electronic Resource
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- I.A.2. Catharine Robb Whyte papers / photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- M36
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- M36 / I / A / 2b / i / 98
- GMD
- Private record
- Date Range
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records (70 pages ; 21.2 x 26.3 cm or smaller)
- History / Biographical
- See fonds level description.
- Scope & Content
- File pertains to 44 hand-written letters written by Catharine Robb Whyte to her mother, Edith Morse Robb from August 1 to November 20, 1935. Topics include day to day life, visits from friends and visitors, weather, a trip to Lake O'Hara in early August following the annual Skyline Trail Hikers trip, photography and cameras, hiking/climbing, wildflowers, activities and people at camp, Pete's work on commission paintings/photography projects, events and people in Concord, trips to Bow Lake to paint, dinner and tea parties [both at home and around town], overnight camping trips to Lake Louise to paint, going to the movies and seeing friend's homemade films, going back to Lake O'Hara in early September to paint and hike, Russ and Kitty's travels and activities, day trips around the National Park [mostly to Lake Louise, Bow Lake and Moraine Lake] to paint/sketch, updates on what Pete and Catharine's friends are doing [mostly as it pertains to Skoki and Assiniboine Lodges], wildlife, an overnight trip to Calgary [and a visit to Morley on the way back] in early October, 3 young Doukhobor fugitives escaping police custody that resulted in a chase and shootout in Banff National Park [October 6 - 7] and the subsequent funerals, developing photos and print-making, politics [mostly pertaining to the provincial and federal elections], various holidays [both Canadian and American], skiing, matters pertaining to the Ski Club, and preparing to leave for a trip to Concord at the end of November.
- Notes
- Please note: language pertaining to Indigenous Peoples used throughout is outdated and may be offensive. A few letters written on lodge letterhead. Most letters are marked with a small x in pencil, indicating where Jon Whyte made notes for use in his project "Catharine Robb Whyte, Peter Whyte: Commemorative Portfolio," originally published in 1981. Some letters have numbers written in pencil in the upper margin of the first pages from an unknown project.
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Whyte, Peter
- Robb, Edith Morse
- Robb, Russell, Jr.
- Robb, Kitty
- Caird, Jean
- White, Annie
- White, David Mackintosh (Dave)
- White, Peter
- White, Clifford
- White, Jack (Dave White, Jr.)
- White, Clifford J., Sr.
- Whyte, Barbara
- White, Bubby
- Stockand, Cameron
- Stockand, Lila (White)
- Vaux, Mary
- Vaux, George, X
- Moore, Edmee
- Rungius, Carl
- Carter, Wilf
- Simpson, Billie
- Simpson, Jimmy, Sr.
- Mather, Allan
- Strom, Erling
- Strom, Sigrid
- Gest, Lillian
- Noble, George
- Link, George K. K. (Tommy)
- Link, Adeline
- Beil, Charlie
- McLean, George
- Walking Buffalo (George McLean)
- Campbell, Gray
- Watson, Sir Norman
- Subject Access
- Activities
- Animals
- Art
- Artists
- Banff
- Banff Indian Days
- Banff Ski Club
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Bears
- Birthday
- Businesses
- Camps
- Camping
- Children
- Climbing
- Community events
- Community life
- Correspondence
- Crime
- Family
- Family and personal life
- Films and film making
- First Nations
- Fishing
- Flowers
- Guides
- Guiding
- Home
- Horses
- Horseback riding
- Hiking
- Indigenous Peoples
- Lake O'Hara Lodge
- Leisure
- Moose
- Mountain
- Painting
- Personal and Family Life
- Photography
- Police
- Post Office
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Scenery
- Ski areas
- Skiing
- Skoki Lodge
- Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
- Swiss Guides
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Winter sports
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Lake Louise
- Moraine Lake
- Bow Lake
- Banff National Park
- Lake O'Hara
- Yoho National Park
- Assiniboine
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Concord
- Massachusetts
- Canada
- United States of America
- Language
- English
- Creator
- Robb Whyte, Catharine
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file
- Processing Status
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities, friends and landscapes in and around Yoho National Park. Prints document Assisiniboine Camp, Lake O'Hara, Odaray Prospect, Cathedral Mountain and views from helicopter. Images of friends include Dorothy Hart…
- Date Range
- 1974
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 1 / PA - 169 to 207
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / I / B / 1 : Catharine Robb Whyte: Catharine Robb Whyte
- Reference Code
- V683 / I / B / 1 / PA - 169 to 207
- Date Range
- 1974
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 38 prints; col.
- Scope & Content
- File consists of 38 col. prints. The prints pertain to Catharine Robb Whyte's activities, friends and landscapes in and around Yoho National Park. Prints document Assisiniboine Camp, Lake O'Hara, Odaray Prospect, Cathedral Mountain and views from helicopter. Images of friends include Dorothy Hartley and others.
- Subject Access
- Fishing
- Mountain goats
- Camping
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of file.
- Processing Status
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Peter Whyte Album
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 56 b&w prints, some tipped in, some pasted in. Prints pertain to ski jumpers, a fishing trip, camping, washing up in a creek, women's hockey, and Peter Whyte ski racing.
- Date Range
- [ca.1915 - 1920]
- Reference Code
- V683 / II / A / PD - 2
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 5 / File
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / II / A : Peter Whyte Personal Subseries
- Reference Code
- V683 / II / A / PD - 2
- Date Range
- [ca.1915 - 1920]
- Physical Description
- Photograph Album: 1 photograph album (56 b&w prints) --
- Scope & Content
- Album contains 56 b&w prints, some tipped in, some pasted in. Prints pertain to ski jumpers, a fishing trip, camping, washing up in a creek, women's hockey, and Peter Whyte ski racing.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of item
- Content Details
- Commercial, leather covered album with “Snap-Shots” and “Souvenir of Banff” and border branded into leather. Album has a two-hole punch binding. Cover also features a carved and painted Aboriginal figure in profile wearing headdress. Album contains 100 pages. 1 loose print. Some prints have been removed as indicated by empty pages with remaining mounting tips.
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Oversized Prints
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 oversize b&w prints, mounted. The prints pertain to White and Curren family members.
- Date Range
- ca.1900, 1908, 1913
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / C / PA - 281 O.S. to PA - 284 O.S.
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 4 / Sub-series
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / V / C : J.D. Curren Sub-series
- Reference Code
- V683 / V / C / PA - 281 O.S. to PA - 284 O.S.
- Date Range
- ca.1900, 1908, 1913
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 4 prints; b&w, oversized --
- Scope & Content
- Sub-series consists of 4 oversize b&w prints, mounted. The prints pertain to White and Curren family members.
- Title Source
- Title based on contents of sub-series
- Content Details
- V683 / V / C / PA - 281 O.S. - Clifford White, J. D.Curren, Peter Whyte, and Dave White fishing at Sawback V683 / V / C / PA - 282 O.S. - The White family in their carriage at the Calgary Stampede grounds, 1908 V683 / V / C / PA - 283 O.S. - The White family in their carriage at the Calgary Stampede grounds, 1908 V683 / V / C / PA - 284 O.S. - Caption reads, "Mrs. Mather and Hazel."
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[Catharine Whyte and unidentified man fishing in rowboat]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine Whyte in buckskin jacket with and unidentified man fishing in rowboat
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 21
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 1 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Personal Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 1 / PA - 21
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1950]
- Physical Description
- Photographs: 1 prints; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Catharine Whyte in buckskin jacket with and unidentified man fishing in rowboat
- Name Access
- Whyte, Catharine
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Four people fishing]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of four unidentified people seated on chairs at the edge of the Bow River with fishing rods
- Date Range
- ca. 1930 to ca.1955
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 269
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 269
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- ca. 1930 to ca.1955
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of four unidentified people seated on chairs at the edge of the Bow River with fishing rods
- Geographic Access
- Banff
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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[Three people fishing]
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of three people seating on chairs on the shore of a the Bow River holding fishing rods
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1955]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 299
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
1 image
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 2 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Portraits and Photographs of Artwork
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 2 / PA - 299
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1930-1955]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of three people seating on chairs on the shore of a the Bow River holding fishing rods
- Subject Access
- Fishing
- Geographic Access
- Bow River
- Banff
- Language
- NA
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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Portrait of Dr. Ray Lawson
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Image of Dr. Ray Lawson wearing a baseball cap and a white knit sweater with "CANADA" across the chest and holding a fishing rod - written on the back in pencil is "I am going to be on the Canadian Tuna[?] team at Wedgepoint, Nova Scotia August 16-20. Had to get my picture taken for it."
- Date Range
- [ca. 1966]
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 242
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- GMD
- Photograph
2 images
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Fonds Number
- M36 / V683 / S37
- Series
- V683 / III / A / 15 : Peter and Catharine Whyte: Collected Photographs
- Sous-Fonds
- V683
- Accession Number
- .
- Reference Code
- V683 / III / A / 15 / PA - 242
- GMD
- Photograph
- Date Range
- [ca. 1966]
- Physical Description
- Photograph: 1 print (front and back) ; b&w.
- Scope & Content
- Image of Dr. Ray Lawson wearing a baseball cap and a white knit sweater with "CANADA" across the chest and holding a fishing rod - written on the back in pencil is "I am going to be on the Canadian Tuna[?] team at Wedgepoint, Nova Scotia August 16-20. Had to get my picture taken for it."
- Name Access
- Lawson, Ray
- Language
- English
- Title Source
- Title based on item
- Processing Status
- Processed
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